Redditer: Anyone else feel like Singapore is an NPC city sometimes?

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Anyone else feel like Singapore is an NPC city sometimes?​

Today I realised something weird about Singapore.

Sometimes it feels like the whole city is running on the same daily script.

For those who don’t play games: NPC means “Non-Playable Character.” In video games they’re the background characters that repeat the same lines and routines every day.

And honestly… Singapore sometimes feels like that

Every day I see the same things on repeat:

• Same uncle at the kopi stall saying “TAKE AWAY AH?”

• Same MRT auntie watching TikTok at full volume

• Same CBD guy speed-walking like he’s late for a meeting that started in 2015

• Same auntie power-walking in the park at 6am like she’s training for the Olympics

Sometimes I feel like if I go to the same hawker centre at the same time every day I’ll unlock the same characters again.

Anyone else notice this or am I just the NPC in someone else’s game?